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The Bright Magic Podcast

The Bright Magic Podcast

Written by: Public Service Broadcasting
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 The Bright Magic Podcast is the official companion series to the new album Bright Magic from Public Service Broadcasting.

Across six episodes, released weekly from 5 October, J Wilgoose Esq and writer Rory MacLean take us on a journey through Berlin, the city that inspired the album, touching upon its history, its inhabitants, and the artworks created there.
Rory MacLean’s best-selling book Berlin: Imagine a City was a source of inspiration for J Wilgoose Esq as he moved from London to Berlin to make the band’s fourth album. In this series they dissect the music of Bright Magic, illuminate the ways David Bowie, Weimar Germany, The Novembergruppe, Marlene Deitrich, Berghain, Anita Berber, and more can be found within, and shed light on the creative process.
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Episodes
  • 6: Lichtspiel III: Symphonie Diagonale / Ich und die Stadt

    6: Lichtspiel III: Symphonie Diagonale / Ich und die Stadt
    Nov 9 2021
    In this final episode, J Wilgoose Esq and Rory Maclean discuss Blade Runner, the films of Viking Eggeling, the scores of Jóhann Jóhannsson, the paintings of Ludwig Meidner, and the poetry of Kurt Tucholsky. All of which came together to inspire the album’s closing tracks. 
    The Bright Magic Podcast is the official companion series to the new album Bright Magic from Public Service Broadcasting. 
    Buy/stream the album https://ffm.to/psb_brightmagic https://www.publicservicebroadcasting.net
    Buy Berlin: Imagine a City https://rorymaclean.com
    A 4Kicks Production https://www.4kicksproductions.com
    #BrightMagicAubergines 
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    47 mins
  • 5: Lichtspiel I: Opus / Lichtspiel II: Schwarz Weiss Grau

    5: Lichtspiel I: Opus / Lichtspiel II: Schwarz Weiss Grau
    Nov 2 2021
    Lichter! Kamera! Action! Berlin of the 1920s was abuzz with artists working in an exciting new medium - film. These pioneering abstract artworks inspired a triptych of pieces by Public Service Broadcasting. Art like theirs would eventually be described as degenerate by the National Socialists, and yet some of them went on to collaborate with the Nazis, turning their skills within the medium for the purposes of propaganda.
    The Bright Magic Podcast is the official companion series to the new album Bright Magic from Public Service Broadcasting. 
    Buy/stream the album https://ffm.to/psb_brightmagic https://www.publicservicebroadcasting.net
    Buy Berlin: Imagine a City https://rorymaclean.com
    A 4Kicks Production https://www.4kicksproductions.com

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    45 mins
  • 4: Gib mir das Licht / The Visitor

    4: Gib mir das Licht / The Visitor
    Oct 26 2021
    Bowie and Berber take centre stage. Gib mir das Licht is a piece that reflects the demise of both the famous Berlin-based dancer Anita Berber and the Weimar Era during which she lived. The Visitor is David Bowie - a man who made Berlin his home during the late 1970s, a man whose work principally inspired J Wilgoose Esq to move there, and a man Rory Maclean worked with at the time.
    The Bright Magic Podcast is the official companion series to the new album Bright Magic from Public Service Broadcasting. 
    Buy/stream the album https://ffm.to/psb_brightmagic https://www.publicservicebroadcasting.net
    Buy Berlin: Imagine a City https://rorymaclean.com/
    A 4Kicks Production https://www.4kicksproductions.com/
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    54 mins
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